July 2009
15 posts
Formula One in Hungary
Hungary hosts one of only 17 Formula One Grands Prix in the world! Since 1986, the Hungaroring has been hosting one of the most exciting and difficult races of the Formula One (FIA World Championship). Many drivers, including the late Ayrton Senna and Michael Schumacher considered Hungaroring one of their favorite race circuits. Here is one of the most memorable moments from more than ten years...
Did you know?
That iconic pop-rock singer-songwriter-actress Alanis Morissette is half Hungarian?
Alanis’ mother is Georgia Mary Ann Feuerstein, who moved with her parents to Canada in 1956. Although Alanis Morissette does not speak much Hungarian, she is very proud of her roots, and claims her temperament and passion are coming from her mother’s side.
Here is Alanis’ best song, titled...
A truly multicultural country
The majority of the people living in Hungary are ethnically Hungarian. However there are many minorities living in the country as well. It is remarkable, that all of them enjoy excellent relationship with the majority, and also with each other. Here are the figures for these minorities, according to the population count carried out in the year 2001.
Roma (Gypsy): 205,720 Germans:...
Did you know
…that Hungary has 15 Nobel Prize winners?
…that Romania has only two Nobel winners? (One of them, Elie Wiesel is a Transylvanian Jewish author, political activist, who has Hungarian roots.)
…that Slovakia has no Nobel Prize winner at all? (Wikipedia lists Philipp Lenard (Lénárd Fülöp) as Slovakian, which he never was. He had German and Hungarian origins, and was proud...
Hungary is also brains, not just beauty
Did you know that Hungary with a population of only 10 millions souls, has more Nobel-prize winners per head than any other nation in the world? 15, to be exact!
1905, Lénárd Fülöp (Philipp E. A. von Lenard), Physics 1914, Bárány Róbert (Robert Bárány), Medicine 1925, Zsigmondy Richárd (Richard A. Zsigmondy), Chemistry 1937, Szent-Györgyi Albert (Albert von Szent-Györgyi), Medicine 1939,...
Goulash - a Hungarian favorite
If there is one Hungarian dish that everyone knows, it’s the Goulash (gulyás). It is the most common soup of Hungarians. It is very easy to prepare, but it takes some time and of course, you need authentic Hungarian paprika for it.
This is the official authentic recipe for Hungarian gulyás:
1 kg beef leg or shoulders, diced
2 onions, diced
sunflower oil or lard
authentic sweet...
The 8 Wonders of Magyarország (Hungary)
Here are the eight most beautiful things in Hungary, according to Unesco World Heritage Organisation. Why don’t You visit them in Your holidays? Why don’t You make Your holidays a “hunt” for all eight Magyar Wonders? :-)
- Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter, the Andrássy Avenue and the Millennium Underground - The village of Hollókő -...
About the slovak language-law
Dear reader!
This “tumblelog” does not write about political subjects. Its purpose is only to promote the country of Hungary, to show its beauties and curiosities to Anyone interested.
However there is now a subject that is above politics. It is about Hungary, and especially about Hungarians living in Slovakia, in the region called Felvidék. There are more than half a million of...
The Hungarian language
The Hungarian language - claimed by many to be the most difficult language in the world - is indeed unique in Europe. Unrelated to any of its neighboring countries’ languages, it is an Ugric language from the Uralic family.
Hungarians themselves call the language magyar. It is spoken by about 15 million people in the Carpathian region (Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Ukraine, Slovakia) and around...
The Lake Balaton
The Lake Balaton is the largest sweetwater lake in Central Europe, this is why it is also called “The Hungarian Sea”. The Lake Balaton is the favorite holiday destination for Hungarians, and also one the top choices in the summer among tourists.
Here you can enjoy the world-famous Hungarian hospitality and taste some of the best wines of the region. Not to mention the warm water of...
